WORDS FROM A LOVED ONE


I have recently come across the blog of a retired gentleman who just recently lost his wife. I know there are others out there too, in the same situation. For Valentine's Day he posted this poem, and I just read it. Oh my it's beautiful, and I wanted to share it with you. For those of you who have lost a loved one, this will be meaningful to you as it is to me.........
Thank you to Dick over at "RV Travels With Huggy" for this one.

"Within You"

"If I be the first of us to die,
Let grief not blacken long your sky.
Be bold yet modest in your grieving.
There is a change but not a leaving.
For just as death is part of life,
The dead live on forever in the living.
And all the gathered riches of our journey,
The moments shared, the mysteries explored,
The steady layering of intimacy stored,
The things that made us laugh or weep or sing,
The joy of sunlit snow or first unfurling of the spring,
The wordless language of look and touch,
The knowing,
Each giving and each taking,
These are not flowers that fade,
Nor trees that fall and crumble,
Nor are they stone,
For even stone cannot the wind and rain withstand
And mighty mountain peaks in time reduce to sand.
What we were, we are.
What we had, we have.
A conjoined past imperishably present.
So when you walk the wood where once we walked together
And scan in vain the dappled bank beside you for my shadow,
Or pause where we always did upon the hill to gaze across the land,
And spotting something, reach by habit for my hand,
And finding none, feel sorrow start to steal upon you,
Be still.
Close your eyes.
Breathe.
Listen for my footfall in your heart.
I am not gone but merely walk within you."

S. Hancock


And speaking of losses, there are 2 of my bloglink buddies who are just dealing with the loss of their pets. To Michael and to Patty, hang in there. I know it hurts, they are just like our kids. The biggest hugs to you both!


Well another Saturday at work is done.... and we were SLAMMED! Man was it busy! We have a long weekend here in Alberta, it is a Monday holiday, "Family Day". So I'm looking forward to the extra day off with pay, that will be nice. I hope you are all having a good weekend ~~ take good care of each other, and be sure your loved ones KNOW how you feel about them. Until next time.....

PEACE!
Love Jude